MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT STUDIES

THE HISTORY OF MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT STUDIES IS TRACED, THE PRESENT STATE OF THE ART ASSESSED, AND THE PROBLEM DISCUSSED. EMPHASIS IS ON THE METHOD OF COLLECTION AND THE TECHNIQUES FOR ANALYSIS OF ACCIDENT AND RESULTANT INJURY DATA. THE STUDIES DISCUSSED DEAL WITH MASS STATISTICS, THE IN-DEPTH CLINICAL ANALYSIS OF SELECTED ACCIDENTS OR ACCIDENT FACTOR, OR THE APPLICATION OF A COMBINATION OF BOTH. THESE STUDIES ARE DIRECTED TOWARD EPIDEMIOLOGY AND CASUSES OF ACCIDENTS; INJURY PATTERNS ATTRIBUTABLE TO GIVEN COMPONENTS; AND COMPONENT FAILURES CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENTS OR INJURIES. /HSL/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • pp 1254-1265, 66 REF
• Corporate Authors:

  National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590

  Intl Auto Sfty Conf Compendium

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• Authors:
  • Eames, W G
  • Lee, S N
  • Fell, J C
• Publication Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alcohols; Analysis; Automobiles; Crash causes; Crash investigation; Data analysis; Data collection; Design; Drunk driving; Epidemiology; Injuries; Mathematical analysis; Traffic crashes
• Uncontrolled Terms: Motor vehicle accidents
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00221165
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Highway Safety Literature
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Feb 8 1971 12:00AM